Squatters Outer Darkness | Utah Brewers Cooperative

Notes / Commercial Description:
Welcome to the biggest beer Squatters Pub Brewery has ever made! A Russian Imperial Stout is one of the most intensely flavored beers a brewer can create. The combination of rich roasted barley, oak, molasses and licorice root combine to create an utterly unique and complex imperial stout experience.

We had to mash in twice to get our starting gravity of 27 plato (1.108 specific gravity). We boiled 3.5 hrs to enhance caramelization and used molasses and licorice root at the end of boil. Outer Darkness is aged with oak, has 65 IBUs and bottle conditioned. We hope you have as much fun drinking it as we did making it. Please share with another and drink wisely.

Big black pour, typical SRM for an imperial stout. Almost 3/4" of tan head on the top. Its dense like a kid with an IEP. Big roasty aroma. No adjunct territory here.

Taste, goes in heavier on the roasted malt notes than it does dark fruit. There's plenty of bitterness with this one. Hefty brown malt beyond just black patent. Cascade hopping. Decent at hiding the alcohol. Mild hints of chocolate and burnt licorice. It isn't giant on the dark fruit notes like plum and raisin, but they aren't insubstantial either. There's dozens of bangers just like this one basically. Its good, but it isn't going to be something you seek out when you go on vacation either. Does a solid job on a cold night.

This beer is black as night, I took outside and zero sun getting thru it. Thick tan head with about 2" foam and good lacing. Smells of sugary malt, licorice, caramel, smoke, and oak. The taste is very good, minimal alcohol feel, full of dark chocolate, burnt molasses, sugary caramel, coffee, and some oak notes. This is a heavy beer, excellent for winter time or when you just want a real strong beer. Leave a clean finish with hardly any burn at all, very well done, love it.

Picked this up with four others at Bier:Thirty on a recent work trip to Boise after getting a random 6-pack of cans earlier at Whole Foods. Looked quickly on Untappd to see that it had good ratings and picked it up. It was that quick.

Poured a pitch black oily color with two fingers of frothy tan head. Very light bubbles coming up from the bottom of the glass. Decent lacing. Good retention. (Sight - 3.75)

Outer Darkness has a thin, tan head, a dark brown, nearly black appearance, some glass lacing, and a bit of brown, around the edges. Aroma is of rich, dark-roasted malt, brown bread crust, and some chocolate. Taste is of those elements, with no unpleasant burnt or charred features. Mouthfeel is heavy and velvety, and Outer Darkness finishes rich and sip-able.

Smell is crisp and full of so many aromatic additons. Roasted malts, milky dark coffee, a little bit of cream, marshmallow. A tiny bit of booze - dark flavored and super good to drink.

Honestly one of my favorite porters I've tried, period. I am damn satisfied with this beer. Squatters was always good with the double IPA, but the porter is absolutely a next level beer. Thank you Squatters.

Pour is opaque liquid black with a beautiful chocolate head. I wish the smell was a bit firmer, because the foam alone takes you to a new planet. Surprising from Squatters, since their "Hop Rising" IMO is quite monotone and a bit too heavy. Taste is rich, beautiful chocolate and straight porter. Love it!

Pours a dark, motor oil black with hint of ruby when held to the light. Half finger of chocolate-colored head. It leaves thin sheets of lacing when you sip it that disappear fairly quickly.

Big malty aroma with undertones of molasses and black licorice. Maybe a little smoke, ginger and fish in there, too. There's definitely a kiss of hops as well, but the licorice masks it.

Chocolatey taste up front with a roasted, smokey quality to it, followed by fairly strong licorice and molasses. Sweet at first and then a flash of bitterness on the back end. It's like an old-timey molasses cookie with an old-timey piece of licorice on top that's been dunked in a chocolatey milk stout. It tastes good. A little hint of alcohol as well.

Medium bodied -- lighter than what you'd expect from looking at it -- with strong carbonation.

This beer is an effing delight. Best by date in July 2018, so I'm guessing this is still pretty fresh.

A: poured into a snifter to a black beer topped by a finger of dense dark tan head that fades slowly to a collar around the edge of the glass
S: Smells of roasted malts with a lot of chocolate notes along with some charred wood and a hint of licorice
T: Taste is roasty with chocolate malts, charred wood, that slight licorice, a little coffee and even more chocolateyness. Swallow is charred wood with some burnt sugars and roasted malts with a hint of coffee.
M: This beer is on the heavier side of medium which is surprising. I would have liked a little more body out of it. It's silky instead of velvety on the palate as well. Carbonation is low and adequate for the style while the beer has a drying finish.
O: Overall this one has some great flavors and complexity. It would have been nice for it to have a bit more body but that doesn't detract too much from the experience. I'd say this is one to try if you're into Russian Imperial Stouts.

Gunmetal black with a slight and bubbly tan froth. Smells of gum, milk chocolate, pine and leather. Some metallic notes are also noticed. Tastes complex yet inviting with concerted notes of licorice, prune, black grape, pine and molasses. Medium to heavy and somewhat syrupy, which is not a deal breaker. Has a fleeting heat in the finish.